State Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Huntington Park, Long Beach, discussed his ideas for expanding the role of the state Insurance Commissioner, a position he’s seeking on the November ballot, at a town hall Tuesday, Oct. 16, in Wilmington. Specifically, Lara talked about how technology will require the office to do more in the future. He also…
Tommy passes through a Van Nuys homeless encampment on Tuesday, October 16, 2018. Tommy says he does not fear living on the streets because the time he spent in prison was more dangerous. Sixteen percent of all murder victims this year in the city of Los Angeles were homeless according to Los Angeles Police…
The prosecutor in the three trials of a man whose murder conviction was dismissed Monday based on DNA evidence said efforts to test a watch found at the scene of his girlfriend’s slaying and material from under her fingernails in the late 1990s brought no results. Horace Roberts, 60, was freed from prison several days…
Democrats running in California’s most competitive congressional districts are raising substantially more money than their Republican competitors — nearly five times more in the latest reporting period — as liberal donors push for the party to take control of the House of Representatives. From July through September, Democrats out-raised Republicans in each of the state’s…
TUSTIN — OC Animal Care has taken in 71 pets likely spooked by high winds over the last two days. Now, officials at the shelter are hoping to reunite those pets with their owners as soon as possible. On Monday, Oct. 15 and Tuesday, Oct. 16, 33 stray dogs and 38 stray cats were brought…
Los Angeles County mobile health teams will hand out flea collars, insect repellent and maps to restrooms as part of an emergency plan approved Tuesday to ward off disease-carrying fleas that are spreading typhus at alarming rates in pockets of downtown Los Angeles and throughout Long Beach, Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley. The Board…
DANA POINT — Horn sharks may not be as well known as great whites, but a living horn shark exhibit planned for the Ocean Institute will help provide greater understanding of both species — and of all sharks in general. Wendy Marshall, who leads the Dana Point institute’s education programs, sees the exhibit — funded…
The first Santa Ana winds of the season roared across the state on Monday, killing a woman, downing trees, causing power outages and putting fire crews on edge. Utility companies and fire agencies alike were on high alert as the powerful winds paired with bone-dry vegetation and humidity in the…
Brainiac might be weird but we are so looking forward to our new garbage can. We probably are weird, aren’t we? Here’s the deal, though. The Midway City Sanitation District, which serves Westminster, is finally ready to roll out its new green organics waste bins, which are not, you may be surprised to learn, just for…
Wind blew over a temporary power pole connected to a main power line at a pumpkin patch attraction on Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, at 2107 E. Huntington Drive in Duarte, leaving a live power line in the street for a brief time. (Photo by Tom Bray/San Gabriel Valley Tribune) LOS ANGELES — Utility crews were…
